Yisrael Beytenu MK Eli Avidar in the Knesset on April 29, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90) The Knesset’s lone, known vaccine holdout announced Friday that he received the coronavirus inoculation, two days before the government is slated to approve his appointment as minister. A spokesman for maverick Yisrael Beytenu MK Eli Avidar issued a statement revealing that the lawmaker was vaccinated at the beginning of the month “due to private family reasons and out of his responsibility as a public figure.” For months, Avidar had refused to get vaccinated, publicly claiming that it was unnecessary since he wasn’t part of an at-risk population. He also spoke out against “pressuring” citizens to inoculate, insisting that those who are uncomfortable with the vaccine should not be penalized for avoiding it.